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On opening the soda water bottle the dissolved CO2 comes out. Would the ph of the solution increase or decrease as the gas comes out? Explain your answer?

CO2 in soda water bottle exists as carbonic acid. On opening the bottle, CO2 escapes out. Therefore, the concentration of carbonic acid decreases and pH increases.


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